Woodworking

[sawmill man]

Now thats remarkable i have alot of stuff you could work wonders with. wish you was my next door neighbor ,we could get along good.

 

[kcm]

This is a queen size burled lodge pole pine. I use blind scribed mortise tenon joints where the cross pieces and side rails join the posts.....The tenons are round for the cross pieces. None of them are visible, but I tried to show a detail of the joint where the side rail joins the post......Made a rectangular tenon by basically carving a 2x4 on each end of the side rail. The rectangular mortises are made with a drill and chisel. A 1/2" lag bolt pulls it tight against the post. The rectangular tenon prevents a swivel action, and the scribed shoulder prevents the head and foot from folding in.

Being a simpleton myself, I obviously looked at the photos first. As I gazed across the beauty of the natural wood grain, I kept wondering how you had chosen to make the mortise for that tenon. .....Then I actually do the reading and OH!, you already answered -- you did it the hard way! Yessir there Ron, you're a true craftsman!!

 

[CreakyDigger]

Amazing! You are an artist in wood, my friend.

 

[worldtalker]

Thanks Grant, Ive seen Utah Juniper from Utah and Wyoming that has similar characteristics, but the wood is more of a red color, like Red Cedar.......Have also seen some from Colorado that is closer to what we had in Oregon.......

Here's a couple of before and afters....I had more raw wood pics, but lost a ton of pictures when a one of my computers crashed.

Do you sandblast to debark them Ron?

 

[Fat]

.... all the old thread crap and than this pops up. I’m glad about that.
Do you have any more pics of your work from the last couple years?

 

[smallfoot]

Beautiful work ronwoodcraft!

 

[delnorter]

Beautiful craftsmanship and a keen eye Ron. I sure hope your feeling whole again and have felt like creating again.

Mike